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Chemicals of Cigarette Smoke

Of the thousands of chemical constituents of cigarette smoke, many are known to be carcinogens, co-carcinogens or cause birth defects. The following is only a partial list of the most toxic:

 

Acetone

Acetylene

Acrylonitrile

Aminobiphenyl

Ammonia

Argon

Arsenic

Benzo(a)pyrene

Benz(a)anthracene

Benzene

B Naphthylamine

Cadmium

Carbazole

Carbon monoxide

Catechol

Chromium

Chrysene

Copper

DDT/Dieldrin

Dibenz(a,h)acridine

Dibenz(a,h)anthracene

Dibenzo(a,I)pyrene

Fluoroanthenes

Formaldehyde

Hydrazine

Hydrocyanic Acid

Lead

Magnesium

Mercury

Methylamineethylchrysene

Indeno(1,2,3-c,d)pyrene

N-Nitrasoanabasine

N-Nitresoethyl methylamine

Naphthylamine

Nickel

Nicotine

Nitropropane

Nitrosamines

Oxides of nitrogen

Phenol

Polonium-210

Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon

Pyrenes

Quinoline

Quinones

Scopoletin

Skatole

Styrene

Titanium

Toluene

Urethane

Vinyl chloride

 

 

                                        

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